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Chantal Biya looked a bit different before she became Cameroon's first lady. The clothes were duller, the hair far less extravagant. Biya was just 23 when she became President Paul Biya's second wife in 1994. He (38 years her senior and now 76) had already been Cameroon's president for 12 years and even now is showing little sign of giving up the job.
Writer: Steve Bloomfield
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